Steve Reynolds

I'm a fan of the above set. 3 or 4 of the shows are great - 2 or 3 are OK and there is one clunker just odd that the poorest show (I think one of the 2010 shows) was included. I'll post when I get to it more details the 2008 show with the Don Cherry tunes is wonderful and the 2009 show is spectacular the last 2 shows are very good from 2011 plus as per usual with Not Two from my brief and limited experience, the sound quality is exemplary

another good comaparison would be the Clean Feed Trespass Trio (which is very good, btw) with Raymond Strid and compare it to the Raymond Strid on let's say Tarfala on Intakt. totally different quality of sound

I just googled it and it is 95 miles from my home. Would love to take off September 13th and take an afternoon drive to see Gerald Cleaver's incredible ensemble Black Host

enjoyed reading this Actually the band that played Frankenstein is called Tony Malaby's Readibng band and what they do is each member brings charts and they pass them out right before they play the compositions without anyone knowing what was going to be handed out. Soem of it was a bit outre and one Sidney Bechet tune (which Malaby chose) wasn't entirely convincing, but they showed that musicians of that calibre can pretty much play anything and sometimes play it more than great.

fwiw - I heard Frankenstein played by Tony Malaby, Ralph Alessi, Drew Gress and Billy Drummond last year to close out the secnd set this all brings up another topic that may deserve it's own thread - Is the *value* of a composition or composer related to whether or not the tune is a standard or so-called standard or is covered by others? I am of the opinion that so many tunes are played because they *have* been played and in certain jazz communities will always be played and within those communities, will be played forever in some cases ad fucking nauseum then ask them about Hemingways' "If You Like" or Andrew Cyrille's "Shell" as a couple of examples of truly great compostions that are never covered by anyone - be ready for the blank stare - and then maybe they will give Cherokee or Round Midnight or A Night in Tunisia another run through - or if they get frisky, Mal Waldron's ONLY standar "Soul Eyes" a try or maybe even something from the 1960's! so as someone once asked, if Anthony Braxton is playing contrabass saxophone int he forest and no one hears it, does it exist or does it matter? Johnny's Corner Song, baby

not talking about a list Am I allowed to make a vlaue judgement that Joe Zawinul (admittedly I am not a fan of Weather Report - just never interested) doesn't belong in the pantheon that inlcudes, IMO, the greatest jazz composers in the history of this music - Monk, Duke and Mingus? for me personally - I am more interested in Mal Waldron's compositions that Horace Silver or Andrew Hill or most any of the guys listed - but I'm not throwing his name in with Monk, Duke and Mingus..... It just seemed shocking to me that of all people, Joe Zawinul would be placed in that company - before Wayne Shorter, Miles Davis and a number of others that would come to mind for most thinking, discerning jazz listeners. maybe somehow I've been missing out on Joe Zawinul - then again I know lots of you guys havn't shown a tiny bit of interest in many modern day composers whose work qualifies for them to sit in an alternate doppleganger pantheon Slamadam, baby

I did not place Rivers, Henderson, Young or Hutcherson in the same category as Mingus, Coltrane or Duke I mentioned them as Blue Note artists who do NOT make simple or basic music - which you said is what Blue Note was mostly about. In fact, you are the one who put Joe Zawinul in the category of the all-time greatest jazz composers.

the first Exploding Customer disc on Ayler is the one to get - listen to the drummer's sound on this one and compare to his sound on the Clean Feed, Havn't heard that Clean Feed but he is explosive on this recording - sound like a show - and it is a show - can feel the sweat and the heat of this exciting band and rollocing drummer. yes - I Wonder If I was Screaming is great and hard to find at a decent price AALY's Hidden in the Stomach and Live at the Glenn Miller Cafe are even better

Will be keeping an eye out for a release of this recording... great band but i love what i've heard from Aram Shelton, in particular. Nordesen is a great drummer. Check out the AALY trio recordings or Exploding Customer You will die for those recordings, Xybert

Herbie Nichols hardly recorded at all but his most prominent recordings are the trios for Blue Note Monk's orginal recordings were for Blue Note and they include a good amount of his greatest compositions Joe Zawinul cannot possibly be considered with most of the rest of those names. I wouldn't consider Hutcherson, Henderson, Shorter, Rivers, McLean, Moncur or Larry Young simple stuff Some of the most innovative and original music in the history of jazz

what I'm looking forward to: Here is the Cornelia Street Cafe show for 9/7: Saturday, Sep 07 - 9:00PM & 10:30PM CHRIS LIGHTCAP - BIGMOUTH Chris Lightcap, bass; Chris Cheek, tenor sax; Tony Malaby, tenor sax; Matt Mitchell, piano; Gerald Cleaver, drums For two nights Bigmouth will perform a new batch of music by Chris Lightcap, commissioned by Chamber Music America and premiered at the 2012 Earshot Jazz Festival. They will also play music from their acclaimed CD, "Deluxe" which was named one of the best CDs of 2010 by the New York Times, NPR, Jazz Times and the Village Voice. "Righteous" ...NY Times "Superb"...Wall Street Journal "****1/2"...Downbeat then: And I will try to make the Sunday night shows for this - if the weather is somewhat cool and not 80's and 90's outside - I am already making the Cornelia Street show on the 7th: Also at The Stone: 9/7 & 9/8: 8 pm Jones Jones Vladimir Tarasov (percussion) Mark Dresser (bass) Larry Ochs (saxes) Ochs and Tarasov met and recorded together when Rova first toured the former USSR in 1983. He was already a legend in the USSR as one of the players in the original Ganelin Trio, as important a band there for "avant-garde" listeners in the sixties and seventies as the Art Ensemble of Chicago was here. Dresser met him not long after that, and they performed together intermittently in ensuing years. This trio first performed in the Bay Area in 2008, with tours to Europe in 2009 and 2010. First East Coast performances. 10 pm Ochs-Shelton Quartet Aram Shelton (alto sax) Mark Dresser (bass) Kjell Nordesen (drums) Larry Ochs (saxes) This is a West Coast quartet. Mark Dresser is the newest member simply because it's been hard to catch him in San Francisco when he's usually very busy down at UCSD in San Diego. A recording session and concerts by the quartet out here in July has the music focused! Great writing for the band by Shelton (especially) and Ochs. Kjell Nordesen was born in Sweden but has been a West Coast resident for close to a decade. He works with all 3 of the other players in this band in other contexts All below at The Stone: 9/18 Wednesday 8 pm Duos Evan Parker (saxes) John Escreet (piano) John Hébert (drums) Tyshawn Sorey (percussion) TWENTY DOLLARS. 10 pm Quartet Evan Parker (saxes) John Escreet (piano) John Hébert (drums) Tyshawn Sorey (percussion) TWENTY DOLLARS 9/20 Friday 8 pm Mat Manieri, Lucian Ban, Evan Parker Mat Manieri (viola) Lucian Ban (piano) Evan Parker (saxes) TWENTY DOLLARS. 10 pm Evan Parker and Sylvie Courvoisier Evan Parker (saxes) Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) TWENTY DOLLARS. The William Parker week has now been diversified and seemingly finalized: I will go for Thursday (10th) and Friday (11th) I just have to see and hear Hamid Drake in that little room. THE STONE RESIDENCIES WILLIAM PARKER OCT 8—13 10/8 Tuesday 8 pm Refugee Songs William Parker (bass) Roy Campbell (trumpet) Kris Davis (piano) 10 pm Painters Autumn William Parker (bass) Daniel Carter (alto, tenor and soprano saxes, clarinet, trumpet, flute) Cooper-Moore (piano) Hamid Drake (drums) 10/9 Wednesday 8 pm Theatre of Lanterns Rob Brown (alto sax) Greg Ward (alto sax) Lewis Barnes (trumpet) Steve Swell (trombone) Cooper-Moore (piano) Hamid Drake (drums) William Parker (bass) World premier of both this ensemble and the composition “Peoples James”. “The theatre of lanterns ends a 40 year search for the sounds that escaped when the sky turned into sound and all the rainbows were set free.” 10 pm William Parker Solo William Parker (solo bass and pre–recorded tape) Dedicated to Earl Freeman. 10/10 Thursday 8 pm In Order to Survive Rob Brown (alto sax) Lewis Barnes (trumpet) Cooper-Moore (piano) Hamid Drake (drums) William Parker (bass) 10 pm Raining on the Moon William Parker (bass) Leena Conquest (voice) Rob Brown (alto sax) Lewis Barnes (trumpet) Eri Yamamoto (piano) Hamid Drake (drums) 10/11 Friday 8 and 10 pm O’Neal’s Porch Quartet William Parker (bass) Rob Brown (alto sax) Lewis Barnes (trumpet) Hamid Drake (drums) 10/12 Saturday 8 pm William Parker Quartet with poet David Budbill David Budbill (poetry) William Parker (bass) Rob Brown (alto sax) Lewis Barnes (trumpet) Hamid Drake (drums) 10 pm In Remembrance of Kathleen Wilkins William Parker (doson ngoni, shakuhachi) Patricia Nicholson (dance, poetry) Hamid Drake (percussion) At The Stone - and this will be one where if one doesn't get there early forget about getting in: 12/6 Friday 8 pm Joe Lovano, Milford Graves Duo Joe Lovano (sax) Milford Graves (drums) TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS 10 pm Joe Lovano Trio Joe Lovano (sax) and two special guests TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS Also at The Stone: 12/13 Friday 8 pm Proofreaders (the music of Ornette Coleman) Trevor Dunn (bass) Ryan Sawyer (drums) Darius Jones (alto sax) Herb Robertson (trumpet) special guest Ben Goldberg (clarinet) 10 pm Proofreaders (the music of Ornette Coleman) Trevor Dunn (bass) Ryan Sawyer (drums) Darius Jones (alto sax) Chris Speed (tenor sax) special guest Ben Goldberg (clarinet)

and he just played July @ The Vanguard I recently read the fine interview with Ethan Iverson he did a couple of year's back, He came across as fine human being. I will dig up Mosaic later today for tomorrow's drive to work RIP, sir

I need a new copy of Wels/Chicago Last 2 tracks on disc 2 remain the pinnacle for this trio: Blues for Tomorrow and Burning Sky But I've never believed they weren't based on charts

Totally agreed - again... Likewise I agree that it's preferable for posters to check whether there are any existing threads first prior to launching a new thread. It's not that "it's all been said before" but more a matter of keeping our collective wisdom/views arranged neatly. It will happen again

Please share thoughts on the CD when you're ready. will do. I've only listened once through so I'm not ready to comment as of yet Did you see my brief comments on the 8/10 set @ Birdland?

I picked up the Trio 3 CD with Jason Moran @ the Trio 3 show with Vijay Iyer!!

Another more skronky electronic improv recording: Love Me Two Times: Jason Lesacalleet with Nmpergin (Greg Kelley and Bhob Rainey)

Keith Rowe/Toshi Nakamura: Weather Sky Between - a slighly later 2 CD set - even better

Fine performance. Cyrille is mesmerizing with his seemingly simple freeish groove. My wife went nuts when they played his feature "A tribute to Bu" which is 90 percent Andrew with a little duo with Lake emerging after about 6 or 8 minutes of what is still an amazing to see and hear, melodic somewhat composed solo from the legendary drummer. Iyer was fine as was Workman(although undermiked) and The band hit their groove with a Workman tune titled "Synapse" when the Cyrille groove became unshakable and Lake really took it up and OUT. I think he scared a few tourists! Last 2 tunes were Wha's Nine from the great Live in Willisau CD from 1992 and then another older tune from that amazing record where Lake really let loose and I be a very happy boy by then. First time seeing the great trio in ten years and the addition of Iyer was very nice. The guys sound and look great and they deserve to have the crowds they have. Really about time. Only thing missing was Cyrille's "Shell" but that would be asking too much!

Fwiw we have real nice seats about 10 feet from Andrew Cyrille's bass drum Life is good

Trio 3 plus Vijay Iyer Trio 3 is, of course: Oliver Lake, Reggie Workman and Andrew Cyrille

full schedule up - I think it is a mis-print that shows John hebert on drums rather than bass! plus it irritates the hell out of me when they spell Mat Maneri's last name wrong. I be going Wed & Friday and maybe I make it in for what will be a very crowded little room on Saturday for the duo with Milford Graves 9/17 Tuesday 8 and 10pm Rocket Science Peter Evans (trumpet) Craig Taborn (piano) Sam Pluta (computer) Evan Parker (saxes) 9/18 Wednesday 8 pm Duos Evan Parker (saxes) John Escreet (piano) John Hébert (drums) Tyshawn Sorey (percussion) 10 pm Quartet Evan Parker (saxes) John Escreet (piano) John Hébert (drums) Tyshawn Sorey (percussion) 9/19 Thursday 8 pm Bleeding Edge Trio Peter Evans (trumpet) Okkyung Lee (cello) Evan Parker (saxes) 10 pm Evan Parker and Han Earl Park Evan Parker (saxes) Han Earl Park (guitar) 9/20 Friday 8 pm Mat Manieri, Lucian Ban, Evan Parker Mat Manieri (viola) Lucian Ban (piano) Evan Parker (saxes) 10 pm Evan Parker and Sylvie Courvoisier Evan Parker (saxes)Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) 9/21 Saturday 8 and 10pm Milford Graves and Evan Parker Milford Graves (percussion) Evan Parker (tenor sax) TWENTY DOLLARS. 9/22 Sunday 8 pm Jeremiah Cymerman, Nate Wooley, Evan Parker Jeremiah Cymerman (clarinet, electronics) Nate Wooley (trumpet) Evan Parker (saxes) 10 pm Solos and Duos Ned Rothenberg (reeds, shakuhachi) Evan Parker (saxes)

I agree with the comment about adding Mickey Hart back in to the band. Never as good as 1970 - 74 which is my favorite period. The second drummer, just like (IMO) when a great jazz band adds a second percussionist, stifles the flexibility of the band. It also coincided when the band's sound became heavier and fuller (at least on the live shiows I have from 77 & 79) with the seocnd drummer added to the mix. I do still very much like Dead Set from 1980 as for whatever reason, it has a rejuvinated Garcia as compared to the Nassua LI set I have from the previous year.

only joking!!!

Can I pick the few discs I want?!?!